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Ten year anniversary of Hammers FA Cup final

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2006_FA_Cup_Final_ProgrammeToday is the ten year anniversary of the 2006 FA Cup final between West Ham and Liverpool.

Many neutrals still call it the best FA cup final ever but for Hammers fans that 91st minute equaliser by Steven Gerrard stills haunts us a decade later on what could have been.

West Ham had a dream start in Cardiff and were 2-0 up after 20 minutes thanks to a bizarre own goal from Jamie Carragher and a Dean Ashton goal.

However, four minutes after the latter, Gerrard sent a long ball to Djibril Cisse who volleyed Liverpool back in to the game. Then, it only took ten minutes of the second half to draw level with the Hammer. It was that man Gerrard who got the goal, latching on to a loose ball in the West Ham box.

Shortly after that West Ham found themselves once again in the lead again in bizarre circumstances – as Paul Konchesky’s cross looped in to the net.

But just as it looked like West Ham would win the FA Cup, in the first minute of stoppage time, Steven Gerrard ran on to the ball 30 yards out and scored THAT goal that would sink the hearts of all Hammers fans in the ground.

Liverpool went on to win 3–1 on penalties and the rest as they say is history! It still hurts!

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I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball,

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  • RickHammer says:

    Please don’t,I still ain’t over it,lol.
    Anyone on here who has a high IQ? I need something on WHTID to be translated for me.WTF did the lady on there just say.Now it looks serious,looks very intelligent,looks very ‘up my own arse’ but I can’t be sure because I don’t understand all of it lol.Maybe some things are better to not understand in life.No need for Bank Ki-Moonburger to appear here I hope.

  • Radai Lama says:

    Ain’t got a clue mate,i have begun a self-imposed exile from reading it from today haha.Don’t want H & his dead badger on my pillow.Not H on my pillow,the dead badger I mean.
    I really didn’t need reminding of this Sean but thanks anyway 🙂

  • mattefumi27 says:

    Not a great a day to remember… but that was however a great final, such a shame…
    haha… I’m assuming you’re talking about the Queen Bee, Rick… lol I don’t know what she’s saying, but I guess something like this.
    “But what frightened the rulers of the empire even more was Freud’s idea that hidden inside all human beings were dangerous instinctual drives.”
    My IQ is too low to understand what I just wrote… no dead badgers please… lol 😀

  • Sams P45 says:

    Haha,never fear Corporal P45 is here,lol.While I have a spare 5 I will give you thickies an English Lesson,haha.OK here goes,having used that site for over a year I am an expert,haha
    1 )Your writing style is okish
    2) I think you are talking sh1t
    3 ) Are you even a West Ham supporter you are clueless about us
    4) I will be back to tell you later why your article is sh1t
    No need for thanks,If you ever need help again just give me a shout,lol 😀 😀
    She really can’t help sounding condescending she just knows too many big words for her own good,lol.Not sure about the fallacious word,I thought that was a sex act with a straw 😀

  • Sams P45 says:

    Oh & I ment to give you the heads up that there is a WANTED poster on WHTID searching for you lot.Run for the hills,hahahaha 😀

    • mattefumi27 says:

      ahaha… thanks for the warning P45, I’ve taken refuge inside my bomb shelter and I bought supplies for one year… I hope I’m safe… lol 😉

  • RickHammer says:

    Lmao,thank-you Sam P45,I was beginning to wonder if anyone could make head nor tail of it.It just looked like a scatter gun of words to me

  • One Eye Jack says:

    Buggered if I know what falacious means.Do Hammers fans use them words these days.None of me old muckers or meself does I can tell you that sure as night follows day.

  • StanThe Man says:

    Some do Jack when they want to appear intellectual & more superior than other fans who they know won’t understand much of what they are saying

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